GLOSSARY

R

A method based on chance by which study participants are assigned to a treatment group. Randomization minimizes the differences among groups by equally distributing people with particular characteristics among all the trial arms.

Using the prices of comparable products used in health care systems outside one country to make decisions on payment within the country without necessarily considering any compensation for economic and regulatory differences.

The right that one first party may obtain via a investment or other strategic transaction wherein the second party must offer the terms of any deal with respect to the sale of any shares (preferred or common) or other proposal to the first party before it can offer those same terms to an outside party.